While the urban area is tightly wrapped in heat, Yanqing is filled with rare coolness. Cool mountain breezes, delicious food on the tip of your tongue, lively night markets, and leisurely homestays—this summer, come to Yanqing to unlock the cool code!
Where to Play
Day 1: Beijing Yeya Lake National Wetland Park — Beijing Expo Park
Recommended Reasons: Enjoy water activities and lotus viewing in summer to appreciate the beauty of nature. Take kids to learn about birds. In the evening, watch a drone show, explore the lively market, and experience the double healing of vision and taste.
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/Beijing Yeya Lake National Wetland Park / Elegant Artistic Conception in Natural Wildness
A classic summer activity to beat the heat is lotus viewing. Beijing Yeya Hu(Lake) National Wetland Park, this "natural air-conditioned room" hidden on the edge of the city, is calling you with its full lake of lotus flowers and glistening waves to escape the heat and rush to a "Lotus Viewing & Lake Tour・Cool Summer" appointment.
Step into Yeya Hu(Lake), and the lotus ponds are like a palette knocked over by nature. Pink and white flower buds peek out from among the green umbrellas. When the wind blows, the lotus leaves shake "rustling", rolling the heat into tiny coolness. Every casual shot is a blockbuster full of freshness.
Take a boat ride, wandering to watch water birds skimming the lake surface and wild ducks swimming in groups, integrating yourself into this wetland ecological painting.
This summer, instead of hiding in an air-conditioned room, come to Yeya Hu(Lake) to let the lotus heal anxiety and the lake wind take away the heat.
Address: Beijing Yeya Lake National Wetland Park
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/ Beijing Expo Park / Feel the Vitality of Night Market
The 2025 Expo Night Summer Escape Festival has officially kicked off at Beijing Expo International Tourism Resort. A summer party integrating creative markets, immersive NPC interactions, trendy cosplay, night market food, and technology performances ignites the enthusiasm of the night.
Every Saturday, when night falls, multiple drones slowly rise into the air, painting the words "Beijing Expo International Tourism Resort". Flowers, smiling faces, and words "bloom slowly" in the night sky. Every frame is worth making into a screen saver.
In the lively trendy night market, special snack stalls line up in a row—handmade lemon tea, ice cream carts, Yunnan barbecue, Hong Kong-style snacks... bringing you a colorful experience on the tip of your tongue.
Time: Until September 14th, 17:00-21:00 daily
Address: Beijing Expo Park
Day 2: Baili Landscape Gallery, Yudu Shan (Mountain) — Badaling Great Wall
Recommended Reasons: Feel the rare coolness of summer in the "oxygen bar" between valleys, with plenty of green scenery to relax your body and mind. Arrive at Badaling Great Wall after sunset, take children to learn about Great Wall culture, and appreciate the brilliant posture of the winding dragon at night.
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/ Baili Landscape Gallery, Yudu Shan (Mountain)/ A Cool Poem for Drivers
Drive into this flowing landscape scroll along Luanchi Lu(Rd), and the heat is instantly isolated. The gurgling sound of the Baihe Gorge is the most beautiful background music here.
The silicified wood group and the Dishuihu Waterfall alternate outside the car window. Stop the car, step into the shallow beach with bare feet, and the cold touch of the stream water passing through the ankles reaches the heart. Children squat by the water to pick up colored stones and catch small fish, and their laughter startles the egrets in the reeds.
After winding nine kilometers on the mountain road, the suddenly unfolding alpine meadow is like a green ocean. Wangyou Lake reflects the surrounding green mountains, like a sapphire inlaid among the peaks.
Walk along the wooden plank road into the depths of the forest, go upstream, and where the sound of water grows louder, a mysterious waterfall splatters like pearls. Standing under the waterfall, the natural cold air woven by the water mist wraps around the whole body, making people forget that it is midsummer at the foot of the mountain.
Address: Yudu Mountain Scenic Spot
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/ Badaling Great Wall / Experience an Immersive Cultural Feast Spanning Thousands of Years
After sightseeing during the day, come to Badaling Great Wall at nightfall to feel another lively scene. Here, you will experience an immersive cultural feast spanning thousands of years.
From 19:00 to 22:00, enjoy the night Great Wall panoramic light show. In the beautiful and romantic blue hour, watch the Great Wall decorated by dreamy light and shadow, and appreciate the brilliant posture of the winding dragon.
Walk through the ancient market, experience border trade, transform into a diplomatic envoy, experience legendary moments, and enjoy a hilarious border defense comedy to relax your tired body and mind. Come and feel the different night view of Badaling Great Wall!
Time: Until October 7th
Address: Badaling Great Wall
What to Eat
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/ Sihai Flower Sea Night Market / A Paradise for Food Lovers
Walking into Sihai Flower Sea Night Market, you are instantly surrounded by a lively atmosphere. This is a paradise for food lovers, with all kinds of special foods. Various snack stalls in the night market—barbecue skewers sizzling with oil, fragrant; desserts with attractive colors, sweet and delicious.
While tasting food, strolling among the surrounding small stalls, maybe you can find your favorite small items. It is full of strong human fireworks and an indispensable stop to feel Yanqing's night life.
Time: Until mid-September, 18:00-22:00 every Tuesday to Sunday
Address: Sihai Flower Sea Night Market
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/ SUHE Restaurant, Youniao Courtyard Restaurant / Enjoy Romantic Time
SUHE Restaurant has a fashionable decoration and exquisite dishes. The signature braised pork is sweet but not greasy.
Youniao Courtyard Restaurant focuses on Sichuan-flavored ice cream spicy chicken, bringing a novel experience to the taste buds. The private environment and thoughtful service make the sweet atmosphere of the date full.
Address: SUHE Restaurant, Youniao Courtyard Restaurant (Badaling Branch)
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/ Stone-Cooked Rural Feast / Intangible Cultural Heritage Food Fills "Dining Tension"
If you want to deeply understand the local culture, go to taste the stone-cooked rural feast. Shixia Ancient Castle Relic Inn is an excellent choice.
It inherits the century-old stone-cooking technique. The signature He's braised pig's face is an intangible cultural heritage food in Yanqing. The old soup is simmered slowly, fat but not greasy, and paired with Yanqing huoshao (a kind of local pastry), it is so delicious that you can't stop.
There are also stone-cooked firewood eggs and stone-cooked fish heads. The unique cooking method allows you to feel the charm of traditional food.
Address: Shixia Ancient Castle Relic Site
Where to Stay
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/ Shiguang Great Wall Boutique Homestay / Sleep in the Arms of the Great Wall
Shiguang Great Wall Boutique Homestay is rated as a national Class A homestay, located in Shixia Village, Badaling Town. The homestay has ten characteristic courtyards with different styles, such as Chunju, Yishu, Lanxing, Tingyu, and Shuying. In the courtyard, you can see the Shixia Pass Great Wall, allowing tourists to immerse themselves in the thousand-year-old ancient charm of the Great Wall and the beauty of integration with nature.
There are cafes, bookstores, village history museums, wineries, and oil workshops here, as well as a variety of intangible cultural heritage experience activities—paper-cutting, sugar painting, and hairy monkey making. While children are experiencing intangible cultural heritage activities, parents can enjoy afternoon tea in the cafe.
Address: Beijing Shiguang Great Wall Boutique Homestay
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/ Yuanxiangli Homestay / Appreciate the Cultural Heritage of the Great Wall
Yuanxiangli Homestay is also a national Class A homestay. It consists of a Xiangliba reception center, eight independent accommodation courtyards, the Great Wall Rural Bookstore, intangible cultural heritage workshops, shuar cultural and creative experience halls, and Xiangli Small Restaurant. The courtyards have gray bricks, blue tiles, wooden doors, and wooden windows, with natural stones and wood as the main building materials, striving to preserve the natural texture of the countryside and restore the most authentic rural courtyard appearance.
Staying in the homestay, you can not only interact with intangible cultural heritage inheritors at close range to experience the fun of making intangible cultural heritage cypress-smoked meat but also become a "rural life experience officer" to get in touch with the original rural life and feel the nostalgia of earth kilns and firewood meals. The homestay also prepares colorful summer activities for children, such as the Great Wall Little Guard "Si Xiaojiang" patrol, Guichuan You shuar cultural and creative activities, and Gui He (River) cycling.
Address: Yuanxiangli Sansi Characteristic Homestay (Jingsan Lu(Rd) Branch)
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/ Lingqi Valley Art Homestay / An Artistic Utopia Between Mountains and Waters
A landscape art complex hidden in Shuiquangou Village, Yanqing. Poetry flows in the 500-mu canyon. The homestay is built along the water. The lobby displays oil paintings and sculptures. The rooms are equipped with high-end toiletries. Even the restaurant's rock slab table is full of design sense. Every casual shot is a blockbuster.
Water Fun: Jump into the cool mountain spring stream to catch fish and shrimp, paddle, and have water fights (pet-friendly! You can bring your beloved dog to play in the water).
Starry Night Talk: Stargaze on a light-pollution-free rooftop, sit around a stove to boil tea, listen to insects chirp, and encounter shooting stars.
Pastoral Healing: Pick hawthorns and chestnuts around the homestay, and make jam by yourself. Those who like quiet can practice tai chi and taste tea in the health care garden; those who like to be lively can hold large parties on the rooftop.
Address: Lingqi Valley Art Homestay
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/ Hualangli·Baili Xiangju / A Secluded Place in the Landscape Painting
Hualangli·Baili Xiangju is hidden in Dashiyao Village in the Baili Landscape Gallery Scenic Area, a secret place to avoid crowds and enjoy wild fun. You can hike to the National Geopark of Silicified Wood nearby to explore the 100-million-year-old ancient tree fossils, or ride along the riverside loop of the Baili Gallery, encountering gurgling streams along the way. The 29 guest rooms are renovated from old houses, retaining the wooden beams and rammed earth walls, paired with floor-to-ceiling windows and viewing terraces. Pushing open the window, you can see the green forest.
Address: Hualangli Baili Xiangju Xianshan Inn
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/ Puli Diary / Taste Special Exotic Flavors
The rooms of Puli Diary Homestay have unique designs, with soft bedding and exquisite toiletries. It has various entertainment facilities such as KTV, indoor hot springs, and children's entertainment areas, and is also equipped with a swimming pool, mahjong machine, game console, etc., to meet the needs of different tourists.
The homestay also has Ahui's hand-made kiln pizza, made with imported Italian raw materials, fermented for 48 hours, and baked at 450 degrees with firewood, waiting for you to taste.
Address: Longqing Gorge Puli Diary Homestay
